[Solved] Writing direction: Left-to-Right Right-to-Left

[Eagur59]

I have been using OpenOffice on a laptop running Windows 10 Pro with no problems for a number of years.

I just bought a new laptop running Windows 11 Pro and installed Open Office, first 4.1.14 then 4.1.13

In both Open Office versions I cannot get the "Right to Left" function to work.
First I tried Ctl + Shift + D and that did nothing.
Then I made a toolbar with the "Right to Left" button and that also did not work.

Perhaps related to this issue, I could not add the "Right to Left" or the "Left to Right" buttons to an existing tool bar.
When I made my own custom toolbar, it appeared very small and unexpanded so I could not see the buttons unless I opened the custom toolbar.

I would appreciate any help in solving this problem.
Thanks.

[cwolan]

Have you enabled Complex Text Layout (CTL)?
Tools ⟶ Options ⟶ Language Settings ⟶ Languages
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[Eagur59]

Thank you, problem solved!

[cwolan]

You're welcome.

There is an old report in Bugzilla that asked for CTL activation to be simplified: Issue 93310 - Right To Left text .